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<<Anchor(road-ahead)>> = The Road Ahead = '''''This section is a draft. Don't rely on it.''''' We're starting to get some idea of what we think we should do for the second half of 2010. We'll probably change our minds between now and June, but we'd like to start letting you know what we are thinking. == Performance == Launchpad is too slow, make it faster. == Derivative distributions == We want to allow our commercial customers to create distributions on Launchpad that are derived from Ubuntu. We want them to have full archive building support, great bug filing workflows and full package branch support too. == Privacy, permissions and notification == Privacy is a mess for Canonical's internal stakeholders, permissions are a mess for everyone and Launchpad sends way too much email. We need to decouple visibility from subscription and mutability from ownership and provide a clear, simple way to control who can read & write to what. See our [[LaunchpadEnhancementProposalProcess|LEPs]]: * [[LEP/PermissionsAndNotifications]] * [[LEP/BetterPrivacy]] * [[LEP/AuditTrail]] == Software Centre support == * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-software-center-repository-based-index|Archive index]] * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-ratings-and-reviews-in-software-center|Ratings and reviews]] * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-user-contributed-metadata-for-software-center|User-contributed metadata]] == Desktop integration == The Ubuntu desktop should be a wonderful platform for developers who want to write apps for the Ubuntu desktop. Launchpad is a core part of the way developers write applications for the Ubuntu desktop. It should be really easy for people to get started with Launchpad. In addition, we want to make sure that the Ubuntu One auth experience and the Launchpad auth experience line up well. <<Anchor(about)>> |
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| == Using the page == | = Longer-term ideas = These are ideas that we're considering for 2011. == Unified, consistent activity == At the moment, there is absolutely no way to look at a project in Launchpad and see what's happening. There are fragmented lists broken down by each component of Launchpad, but no clear view of activity. Likewise, there's no similar view for a person or a team. We would like to bring all of these views together to make "what's happening" extremely clear. Quite possibly, at the same time we'll review Launchpad's reward system. == Personal and project dashboards == Launchpad is about helping people make excellent software. The very least it can do with this is to make three things clear to its users: 1. What must you do? 1. What could you do? 1. What things are you waiting on from other people? It should be possible to see these things at a project level (e.g. "what do I have to do for this project?") and a personal level (e.g. "what do I have to do for all of my projects?"). == Better tools for QA and Release Management == Serious projects need to be able to manage bugs seriously. They need to be able to postpone bugs to future releases, see the rate of bug filing and bug fixing, burn down progress toward a release. == Consistent issue tracking == The blueprints part of Launchpad has been left behind. We should unify the bug & blueprints trackers without sacrificing the important distinctions between a defect, a specification and a plan for enhancement. = Using the page = |
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= Roadmap = || Month || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-1.6|Bug Q&A]]''' || '''Bug heat''' || '''Patch tracking''' || '''[[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#Translations|Translations]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2a|Daily Builds]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|Code imports]]''' || '''Supporting features''' || || [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/3.1.12|Dec 2009]] || First question for bug Q&A (does this affect you?) || ''Algorithm design'' || Patches separate from attachments on bug page<<BR>> || ''Infrastructure work'' || Refactoring of build system<<BR>> Recipe schema<<BR>> Recipe UI design || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-svn imports]] || Bug-free package / project linking experience || || [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.01|Jan 2010]] || Q&A UI widget<<BR>> Second bug Q&A question (steps to reproduce?) || Bug heat initial feature-complete UI || List of bugs with patches<<BR>> Badge for bugs with patches in listings<<BR>> || Beta delivery of Gnome [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || End-to-end recipe building<<BR>> || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-hg imports]] || [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/487793|Portlet & page on distro page showing most important unlinked packages]]<<BR>>Initial Q&A workflow for source package linking (Is it this project?)<<BR>>[[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/ubuntu-link-to-upstream|Easier linking from source packages]] || || [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.02|Feb 2010]] || Full delivery of Q&A on bug pages<<BR>> Initial cut of exposing bug readiness in listings || Solid delivery & polish of bug heat || '''DONE''' || KDE [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] ability<<BR>> Final delivery of GNOME [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || Recipe workflow UI<<BR>> || Scaling work for code imports<<BR>>[[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/236973|bug 236973]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/487357|bug 487357]] || Q&A for source package linking || || [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.03|Mar 2010]] || Full delivery of bug readiness in listings || '''DONE''' || '''DONE''' || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.0|Translation import crowdsourcing]]<<BR>> [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.2|Automatic use of upstream translation imports]] || Building from recipes with private branches || || [[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/upstream-link-to-ubuntu|Drive-through project creation]]<<BR>>User-visible indication of project completeness (bugs [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/204119|204119]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/490593|490593]]) || = Things that need to go onto the roadmap, somehow = Many of these things don't fit into our [[VersionFourDotO/Themes|themes]], but we have to do to satisfy external obligations. == Supporting infrastructure == * UI for selecting an archive * Crowd-sourcing * code import maintenance * bug import maintenance == Software Centre support == * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-software-center-repository-based-index|Archive index]] * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-ratings-and-reviews-in-software-center|Ratings and reviews]] * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-user-contributed-metadata-for-software-center|User-contributed metadata]] == Other == * Archive snapshots * Online documentation for recipes * Building a community around daily builds * ARM support for PPAs * Branch privacy for distributions = Meta = * Highlight missing stories * https://dev.launchpad.net/Bugs -- link up to this |
The Road Ahead
This section is a draft. Don't rely on it.
We're starting to get some idea of what we think we should do for the second half of 2010. We'll probably change our minds between now and June, but we'd like to start letting you know what we are thinking.
Performance
Launchpad is too slow, make it faster.
Derivative distributions
We want to allow our commercial customers to create distributions on Launchpad that are derived from Ubuntu. We want them to have full archive building support, great bug filing workflows and full package branch support too.
Privacy, permissions and notification
Privacy is a mess for Canonical's internal stakeholders, permissions are a mess for everyone and Launchpad sends way too much email. We need to decouple visibility from subscription and mutability from ownership and provide a clear, simple way to control who can read & write to what.
See our LEPs:
Software Centre support
Desktop integration
The Ubuntu desktop should be a wonderful platform for developers who want to write apps for the Ubuntu desktop. Launchpad is a core part of the way developers write applications for the Ubuntu desktop. It should be really easy for people to get started with Launchpad. In addition, we want to make sure that the Ubuntu One auth experience and the Launchpad auth experience line up well.
About this page
This page is a rough guide on what we're doing over the next few months as part of our current development cycle.
Longer-term ideas
These are ideas that we're considering for 2011.
Unified, consistent activity
At the moment, there is absolutely no way to look at a project in Launchpad and see what's happening. There are fragmented lists broken down by each component of Launchpad, but no clear view of activity. Likewise, there's no similar view for a person or a team.
We would like to bring all of these views together to make "what's happening" extremely clear. Quite possibly, at the same time we'll review Launchpad's reward system.
Personal and project dashboards
Launchpad is about helping people make excellent software. The very least it can do with this is to make three things clear to its users:
- What must you do?
- What could you do?
- What things are you waiting on from other people?
It should be possible to see these things at a project level (e.g. "what do I have to do for this project?") and a personal level (e.g. "what do I have to do for all of my projects?").
Better tools for QA and Release Management
Serious projects need to be able to manage bugs seriously. They need to be able to postpone bugs to future releases, see the rate of bug filing and bug fixing, burn down progress toward a release.
Consistent issue tracking
The blueprints part of Launchpad has been left behind. We should unify the bug & blueprints trackers without sacrificing the important distinctions between a defect, a specification and a plan for enhancement.
Using the page
Use this page to keep track of what we are planning on doing, and when. If you think "I'd like to know what to expect of Launchpad over the coming months", then this is the page to follow.
We intend to maintain this page for future planning cycles of Launchpad, so if you are at all interested in having a say in Launchpad development subscribe now.
We've crammed as many links as we could find into the page. These links themselves often link to other things. Follow these links and explore the dark and dangerous world of Launchpad development.
The dates
"Dec 2009" means "targeted to the rollout at the end of December 2009". Each month is linked to the Launchpad release milestone for that date, so you can see what we're actually doing.
Note that the dates here aren't actually commitments, they are just our best guesses.
How complete is it?
Sometimes we'll do cool stuff and won't note it down here. Follow our blog for things like that.
Also, this is mostly about Canonical-sponsored development. Community contributors are welcome to join in, but are just as welcome to scratch whatever itches them.
Questions?
This page is maintained by the Launchpad Product Strategist. If you have any questions, contact the strategist, or begin a discussion on the Launchpad users mailing list.
This page is, and probably always will be a work-in-progress. If our plans change, we'll try to make sure you hear about it. If you have any ideas on how we can do that better — or make the roadmap more useful — contact the strategist or make a note on the page itself.
